Post by
ronster65 on Feb 28, 2022 3:48pm
Trudeau plan to ban Russian Oil
He is announcing right now in French.
Comment by
ronster65 on Feb 28, 2022 5:21pm
I called my MP and asked about this to confirm and my MP said that Canada has not taken in Russian oil for some time and Trudeau is only saying thi snow as a political stunt. We only bring in Oil from USA. (Maybe USA sells us Russian Oil) and this is all semantics??
Comment by
Pandora on Feb 28, 2022 5:34pm
I believe we (back east) bring in a fair amount of Saudi oil and we sell upwards of 4 million barrels to the U.S. through pipelines other than the XL Pipeline such as Line 3 and Line 5??
Comment by
Quintessential1 on Feb 28, 2022 6:56pm
A complete embargo on Russian imports would be good. "Canada imported just C$289m (£170m) worth of energy products in 2021, according to Statistics Canada." https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60564781 GLTA Longs
Comment by
Pandora on Feb 28, 2022 8:43pm
Also: https://www.canadianenergycentre.ca/foreign-oil-imports-to-canada-488-billion-between-1988-and-2020/
Comment by
Pandora on Feb 28, 2022 8:50pm
"Between 1988 and 2020, Canada’s foreign crude oil imports in nominal dollars ranged from nil in Prince Edward Island and $200 million in British Columbia to $228 billion in Quebec where import values were the highest (see Figure 2a)." And would it be reasonable to assume that Quebec was using the equalization payments they received from Alberta to pay for their imports of foreign oil?
Comment by
hubertj on Feb 28, 2022 8:53pm
BINGO!!!! You just hit upon the main West vs East sore point!!
Comment by
blackace on Feb 28, 2022 10:31pm
You're dead wrong. In total, between 1988 and 2020, Canada spent $488 billion importing crude oil from such countries as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Algeria, Angola, Venezuela, and Kazakhstan, as well as the United Kingdom, Norway and, more recently, the United States
Comment by
baranja on Mar 01, 2022 8:20am
While Canada has oil to supply 5 Canadas, they imported it.. clown show.